22.04.2016, 16:18, "Steve Comstock" <[email protected]>:
> So .pdf and .html are the only examples I've come up with
> to use EMBED and OBJECT at all, and neither of those need
> PARAM for the OBJECT element.
> is there any real world example, in today's
> world without Flash, Quicktime, and Java applets, for
> using OBJECT with PARAM?
Embedding PDF directly is unreliable given that:
* not all browsers have a built-in PDF tool to view PDF documents (like
PDF.js in Firefox);
* not all PDF files can be shown correctly using PDF.js.
It's generally better to show HTML document while providing (if really needed)
a link to download a PDF version of the HTML document.
To embed HTML document in another one, just use the `iFRAME` element (or avoid
using separate documents at all, and display the required content directly as a
part of the whole single page). As long as you don't need Flash, forget about
`OBJECT`, `EMBED`, and `PARAM`.
